ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243503
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| Date: | Thursday 1 October 2020 |
| Time: | 20:04 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft M35 Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | ARS Automation Design Inc |
| Registration: | N656V |
| MSN: | 6372 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6846 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-470-C1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Green Sea Airport (S79), Horry County, SC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Greensboro/High Point-Piedmont Triad International Airport, NC (GSO/KGSO) |
| Myrtle Beach International Airport, SC (MYR/KMYR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that he moved the fuel selector from the auxiliary tank position to the right tank position and then initiated a descent to toward the destination airport. At that time, the engine “went back to idle, like someone had pulled the throttle back.' The pilot moved the propeller, throttle, and mixture levers full forward, checked switch positions, and tried all positions on the fuel selector, and power was not restored. He “bumped' the fuel boost pump to the ON position, then turned it off to prevent flooding of the engine. The pilot turned toward the nearest airport and the airplane collided with trees and terrain about 1 mile from the airport, resulting in substantial damage.
Examination and testing of the engine and fuel selector resulted in a successful engine run, and the fuel selector functioned as designed with no anomalies noted. Comparisons of engine monitoring data, flight track data, and construction of the fuel system revealed signatures consistent with the fuel selector having been moved from the auxiliary tank position to an intermediate position before the right tank position, which stopped the flow of fuel. The fuel between the fuel selector and the engine provided power briefly, and then engine power stopped when the pilot initiated the descent, and the pilot's remedial actions failed to restore engine power.
A placard on the accident airplane's fuel selector plate stated, “Warning: Position Selector in Detents Only. No Fuel Flow to Engine Between Detents.'
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadvertent placement of the fuel selector in an intermediate position, which starved the engine of fuel and resulted in a total loss of engine power.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA21LA002
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N656V
Location
Media:
At 8:08 p.m., Horry County Fire Rescue crews were dispatched to the area of Highway 9 and Norton Road in Nichols for a...
Posted by Horry County Fire Rescue on Thursday, October 1, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2020 01:20 | Geno | Added |
| 02-Oct-2020 02:28 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2020 05:27 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2020 13:50 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2020 01:42 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2021 10:34 | aaronwk | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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